charliejane, Author at Gizmodo

Greatest Car Chases In Science Fiction (Part 2)

Milla Jovovich’s weird strappy leotard and crazy talk beguile Bruce Willis into helping her jet away from the cops in his flying taxi. He swerves through CGI tunnels at a breakneck pace. It’s another one of the greatest car chases in science fiction, according to us as well as you, the readers. Click through for…

io9 Charliejane Jan 23

Don’t Let Nacho Do A Zombie Movie!

Now that Timecrimes is the toast of Sundance and a U.S. remake is already planned, director Nacho Vigalondo isn’t sure what project he’ll tackle next. The other day, he said he was working on Ramp, a comedy about a guy who builds a giant ramp to jump his car onto a UFO. But now he’s…

io9 Charliejane Jan 23

The Bad Robot Overlord’s Favorite Robot Art

J.J. Abrams loves Eric Joyner’s robot art, and so do we. The Bad Robot maestro is a fan of Joyner’s paintings of tin robots in outer space, which inexplicably feature giant donuts. And Joyner’s art will be featured as a backdrop in a new romantic comedy flick starring Abrams pal Greg Grunberg (the cop from…

io9 Charliejane Jan 23

io9 Talks to “The Signal” Directors About the Secret Techno-Evils of Atlanta

The crazy-making static in The Signal is actually just making people act on impulses they already feel, say directors David Bruckner and Jacob Gentry. And some of the weirdest moments in the techno-horror movie come from people struggling to act civilized while the Signal messes them up. We talked to two out of three directors…

Movies Charliejane Jan 23

Hot Half-Naked Patrick Duffy Blows Up Undersea Base

The climax to the pilot of The Man From Atlantis is like a super-low-budget version of The Spy Who Loved Me. Patrick (Dallas) Duffy’s hunky Atlantean bod distracts a hippie college professor supervillain, allowing Duffy to flood the hippie’s undersea lab and stop an evil countdown with just 3 seconds left. The lack of dialog…

io9 Charliejane Jan 23

Shocking New Pics From X-Files 2

Some new behind-the-scenes photos from X-Files 2 have emerged, and they either give away a major plot element… or show the lengths Chris Carter will go to in spreading red herrings. You be the judge. Also, there are a ton of new spoilers from Lost, and some new deets about Smallville, Jericho Chuck and Heroes.…

Television Charliejane Jan 23

Sarah Connor Faces Chronic Decline

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles has only just started winning our hearts, and it’s already on life-support. Its first episode scored an amazing 18 million viewers, after a high-rated football game. The second episode dropped by nearly half, and last night’s outing dropped another 18 percent. It came in third, after American Gladiators and reruns…

io9 Charliejane Jan 22

Saturn Blocks Out The Sunlight

This is a total eclipse of the sun by Saturn, as seen by NASA’s Cassini space probe. I totally want this image painted on black velvet. This famous image is just one of the photos that Cassini Imaging Team leader Carolyn Porco showed off during her talk about Saturn and its moons, now online at…

io9 Charliejane Jan 22

New Clips From Battlestar Season 4

Having Battlestar Galactica withdrawal? Here are some new clips from season four, courtesy of a Canadian show called Hypaspace that aired a while ago. We’ve also got some new spoilers for season four, which we unspool beneath the fold, along with a second clip. Starbuck doesn’t believe her viper blew up. And only six hours…

io9 Charliejane Jan 22

It’s Mean Girls With Killer Robots!

Robo-teen Summer Glau tries to bond with some real girls and comfort a hazing victim, only to get called “bitch-whore,” in a scene from last night’s Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. (She decides “bitch-whore” is her new nickname, which should totally be a running subplot.) Someone’s harassing the girls of Terminator High with giant stencils…

io9 Charliejane Jan 22

Greatest Car Chases In Science Fiction

Emilio Estevez talks smack to Mick Jagger and manages to dodge 10,000 futuristic dune-buggies at the same time, in this huge car-chase from the movie Freejack. Car chases are a huge part of sci-fi movies so it’s important to pay tribute. After all, no matter how high-concept your plot may be (like time travel and…

io9 Charliejane Jan 22

Meet The Man From Mars

Is that a little man on Mars in this picture from NASA’s Mars Spirit explorer? We didn’t even bother to blog this image when we saw it the other day, but tons of British newspapers have seized on it. Sample headline: “Crikey! There’s A Little Green Man On Mars!” Actually, my favorite is the one…

io9 Charliejane Jan 22

What Slash Fiction Pairings Do You Wish You’d See?

Slash fiction has let us down. Yes, fans are constantly writing their own stories about sexual/romantic liaisons between Luke Skywalker and Jabba the Hutt, among other bizarre pairings. But there are still places that naughty fanfic hasn’t gone yet, and it’s time to give it a little push. What are the couples you wish fans…

io9 Charliejane Jan 22

A Better Look At Stephen Chow’s “E.T.” Reimagining

We’ve been hoping that CJ7 will spark a new wave of Chinese science fiction films, and this newly released trailer definitely shows a ton of potential. Stephen Chow is abandoning the kung-fu comedy that made Kung-Fu Hustle and Shaolin Soccer so successful, in favor of cute alien critters. Mild spoilers below. https://gizmodo.com/first-look-at-stephen-chows-alien-creature-335369 This trailer shows…

Movies Charliejane Jan 22

Find Out Who Kirk Hooks Up With In New “Trek”

Welcome to our crazy TMI wake-up call of spoilers. We have some new info about whom Captain Kirk hangs out with in the new Star Trek movie, plus hints about the plot of Doctor Who season four. Plus some new stills from the teleporting-mutants movie Jumper, below the fold. Leonard Nimoy’s Old Spock has a…

Television Charliejane Jan 22

Everything You Need To Know To Build Your Own Enterprise

Star Trek screenwriter Roberto Orci wades into the controversy over whether the Enterprise was built on Earth with a super-complicated explanation. Apparently if you’re building a starship with simulated Earth gravity, it’s best to construct it in the gravity well you’re simulating. And warp travel is sort of similar to the pressure of gravity, so…

io9 Charliejane Jan 21

Crazy Time-Traveling, American Style

Time-travel thriller Timecrimes is only just debuting at Sundance, but already United Artists is planning a U.S. remake. Timecrimes is about a guy who stumbles into a time machine and travels back in time one hour. Meeting his own doppleganger is only the beginning of his nightmares. [Bloody Disgusting]

io9 Charliejane Jan 21

Star Trek Trailer, Now With Crisp Starship Porn

Now that you’ve suffered through the cameraphone version of of the J.J. Abrams Star Trek trailer, a non-migraine-inducing version is online at the movie’s official site. And the shots of the struts and nacelles being welded into place are pretty gorgeous now that all the details are visible. Thanks to David for the heads up!…

io9 Charliejane Jan 21

Plant People Of The Eco-Apocalypse

The movie adaptation of Ray Bradbury’s obscure short story Chrysalis has released some new production photos, including this awesome image of a guy being swallowed by the slimy green chrysalis of the movie’s title. And the movie’s concept art by D. Hirajeta is gorgeous. But is there enough substance in Bradbury’s 60-year-old short story to…

Movies Charliejane Jan 21

TV This Week: High School Superheroes And Time-Travel Drama

This week sees the end of Chuck (for now) and Life On Mars (for good). Can the U.S. launch of Torchwood season two compensate for the loss of those two shows? Your answer may reveal more about you than about television. Here’s our guide to the week’s television, including mild spoilers and trailers. Monday night…

io9 Charliejane Jan 21

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Greatest Car Chases In Science Fiction (Part 2)

Don’t Let Nacho Do A Zombie Movie!

The Bad Robot Overlord’s Favorite Robot Art

io9 Talks to “The Signal” Directors About the Secret Techno-Evils of Atlanta

Hot Half-Naked Patrick Duffy Blows Up Undersea Base

Shocking New Pics From X-Files 2

Sarah Connor Faces Chronic Decline

Saturn Blocks Out The Sunlight

New Clips From Battlestar Season 4

It’s Mean Girls With Killer Robots!

Greatest Car Chases In Science Fiction

Meet The Man From Mars

What Slash Fiction Pairings Do You Wish You’d See?

A Better Look At Stephen Chow’s “E.T.” Reimagining

Find Out Who Kirk Hooks Up With In New “Trek”

Everything You Need To Know To Build Your Own Enterprise

Crazy Time-Traveling, American Style

Star Trek Trailer, Now With Crisp Starship Porn

Plant People Of The Eco-Apocalypse

TV This Week: High School Superheroes And Time-Travel Drama

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